Meet The Twin Dentists Opening Multiple Dental Practices In Their Hometown of Charlotte, NC

Going to the dentist can be scary and intimidating, but two dentists in Charlotte, North Carolina, are hoping to double the fun and education their patients receive every time they step into their office or visit their viral social media pages. Doctors Lindsay Rennick Salone and Lauren Rennick Lockhart are identical twin sisters who are […]
Mary J. Blige’s New Boot Line With Giuseppe Sold Out Within 24 Hours

Aunties, rejoice! R&B songstress Mary J. Blige released her first official boot collection through a limited-edition line with Giuseppe Zanotti boots. The GRAMMY Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer is known for her heartbreaking love songs, empowering anthems, and love of a good thigh-high boot. On May 12, while on stage at her annual Strength of […]
Boston Preschool Launches First Creole-Haitian Dual Language Program

Mattahunt Elementary School, a Pre-K through fifth grade school located in Boston, Mass., just launched the first Haitian Creole dual-language preschool program in the country, NBC News reports. The Toussaint L’Ouverture Dual Language Academy, the new program at Mattahunt Elementary named after the leader of the Haitian Revolution, is a preschool program that aims to […]
Rihanna & ASAP Rocky Celebrate Son RZA’s 2nd Birthday With Adorable Family Gathering

A mother’s work is never done, not even for world-famous pop stars and business moguls like Rihanna. The Fenty founder and her partner, A$AP Rocky, spent Mother’s Day weekend throwing a birthday party for their son, RZA, who turns two years old. Rihanna and Rocky booked out New York’s Color Factory for a private party […]
Southwest Surprises Paul Quinn’s Class of 2024 With Two Roundtrip Tickets Anywhere In The Country To Kickstart Their Journey

The graduating class of Paul Quinn College is ready to fly forward into a bright future thanks to a surprise gift from Southwest Airlines. During the May 4 commencement ceremony for the class of 2024, Southwest Airlines, the official airline for the Dallas HBCU, announced that they’d be gifting each graduate with two roundtrip tickets […]
Maryland Chef Tobias Dorzon Makes History as First in State to be Named ‘Chef of the Year’

Prince George’s County is celebrating its own culinary champion, Chef Tobias Dorzon! Dorzon, a Riverdale native and the owner of Huncho House in Hyattsville, was recently named Chef of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Maryland – a first for the county, according to WUSA9. This prestigious recognition wasn’t the only honor bestowed upon […]
Ronald Yancey, First Black Graduate of Georgia Tech, Presents Granddaughter With Masters Degree 60 Years After His Historic Commencement

In 1965, Ronald Yancey made history as the first Black student to graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology (also known as Georgia Tech). Almost 60 years later, he’s passing his academic legacy on to his granddaughter. During the 2024 spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 3, Yancey was present on stage as a new […]
Tyler Perry & DeVon Franklin Ink New Multiyear Deal with Netflix to Produce Faith-Based Films

Tyler Perry Studios and New York Times bestselling author DeVon Franklin are teaming up to produce faith-based films for Netflix. The multi-year, multi-picture deal will also include scripted and non-scripted series on the streaming service. Franklin shared how the partnership came to be in a heartfelt announcement on Instagram. “After over a year of searching […]
Pinky Cole Gifts $8.9M to Savannah State Class of 2024 to Help Fund Support For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Savannah State University’s class of 2024 just got the best graduation gift ever! Pinky Cole Hayes, founder of Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan, gave an inspiring commencement speech for the Savannah State University 2024 graduating class–and then surprised them all by announcing the entire class would receive an $8.75 million “Entrepreneurial Starter Pack,” Black Enterprise reports. […]
Heroic 8th Grader Prevents School Bus From Crashing After Driver Passes Out

His quick thinking saved the day! Acie Holland III, an eighth grader at Glen Hills Middle School in Glendale, Wisconsin, is a hero after taking the wheel and saving his school bus from crashing after the driver suddenly lost consciousness. The journey home from school on April 24 started like any other. Holland and his […]